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The Adjustable Transfer Bench by Maddak provides easier access for individuals who have difficulty getting in and out of the shower or bath tub. With a removable back and arm, the adjustable transfer bench easily adapts to fit both left and right handed showers.
This device is a low-tech ADT.

Areas of Practice: Can be used home, hospital, rehabilitative, and long term care settings. Primarily for adult and geriatric population with limited mobility, strength or balance impairment, but could also be used for stroke patients or pediatric population with physical disability.

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Long handle sponges clean your back, toes, or any other hard to reach spots. Soft foam is non-irritating to the skin. Durable sponges weigh only 2 oz.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative, and long term care settings. Primarily for adults or geriatric population with arthritis, but could also be used for individuals with limited ROM or mobility.

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Long Bathing Sponges :: long reach sponges

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Long bathing sponges clean hard to reach body ares. Long handle makes this bathing sponge ideal for those with limited back motion. Helps people with arthritis back, back injury bathing feet and legs. Long bathing sponges are lightweight and easy to hold.

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Text-to-speech (TTS) software is software that takes written text and converts it into audible speech.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting, with any population. Text-to-speech (TTS) software is help individuals who have issues with reading print, such as individuals who are blind or those with other visual impairments, individuals with learning disabilities or disorders that impair their ability to read such as dyslexia.

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This Back Scrubber gives you an extra 74cm of reach, making twisting or straining to clean hard-to-reach areas, impossible. Dual sided, the loofah-like surface removes dead skin cells while the smooth bamboo fibre cloth cleans and refreshes your skin, as the back and forth motion helps enhance circulation.

Ares of Practice: Can be sued in home, rehabilitative, long term care settings for individuals with limited ability to rotate trunk.

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Contoured, molded gripping aid for variety of writing instruments. Provides increased control for writing and is helpful for reducing hand pain and cramping associated with a tight grip.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where writing occurs, and was created for adult and geriatric populations. Designed for individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, and repetitive stress syndrome or for people who lack fine motor skills in their fingers or wrist.

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Ring Pen Ultra Writing Grip provides better control, reduces hand pain

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Ring Pen Ultra Writing Grip contoured molded writing aid holds pens, pencils, paint brushes. Open center writing grip provides increased control, decreases hand pain, cramping associated with tightly gripping. Ergonomic writing grip for arthritic hands.

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Shower Feet sticks firmly to the bottom of the shower or bath to make washing clients' feet easier than ever before.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, rehabilitative, and long term settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for someone with limited mobility due to impairment in balance, ROM, or strength. May be good for someone who has hip precautions after hip surgery or someone who cannot bend down to wash their feet.

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JML Direct agrees to provide the extended warranty described herein (the Warranty). JML Direct's sole liability shall be to provide to the original purchaser (the purchaser), the necessary labour and parts, as described below, to correct defects in workmanship and materials for an additional period of two (2) years starting from the expiry date of the standard product warranty of twelve (12) months from the date of purchase.

1.Labour: For a period of two (2) additional years from the end of the original twelve (12) month warranty period, JML Direct will repair defects to the product at no charge to the purchaser. The warranty is made to the purchaser only.

2. Parts: For a period of two (2) additional years from the end of the original twelve (12) month warranty period, JML Direct will supply, new or rebuilt, at JML Direct's discretion, replacement parts in exchange for defective parts. Any replacement parts will be warranted for the remainder of the warranty period by JML Direct's authorised service facility. The purchaser is only responsible for return shipping / postage costs to the repair centre. All defective parts replaced under this warranty will become the property of JML Direct. In the event that part(s) or unit replacement is not available, JML Direct will, at its discretion, replace the original product with one of a similar type, of equal or greater value, or partially refund the product.

This warranty does not cover cosmetic faults such as scratches or damage to trim or associated marks caused by normal use of the product. The warranty is also void if the manufacturer's instructions have not been followed or if the product has been subject to misuse or any modiﬁcations.

The warranty is non-transferable and is only valid in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The purchase must retain the order confirmation and packing note as proof of warranty

The order number shown your despatch note, must be quoted when the product is returned for servicing, in order to be handled under the terms and conditions of this warranty. Veriﬁcation of this warranty is undertaken by checking the original purchase records of the purchaser, before any remedial work is undertaken. Failure of veriﬁcation will result in the rejection of the warranty service. In this instance the product, at JML Direct's sole discretion, will be returned to the said purchaser.

The warranty does not cover accidental damage.

This warranty does not affect your statutory rights. For information and further instructions on redeeming your warranty, please call JML Direct Customer Services on 0800 781 7831.

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JML Direct agrees to provide the extended warranty described herein (the Warranty). JML Direct's sole liability shall be to provide to the original purchaser (the purchaser), the necessary labour and parts, as described below, to correct defects in workmanship and materials for an additional period of two (2) years starting from the expiry date of the standard product warranty of twelve (12) months from the date of purchase.

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iPad can be used to communicate wants and needs in community settings as it is easily transportable and easily understood.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting by any population. Requires some level of cognitive ability and physical use of one UE. Helpful for individuals with impairments in speech to communicate.

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The velvety soft Foam Bath Mitt helps you apply lotions smoothly and evenly. This extremely luxurious lotion and wash mitt enables people with sensitive skin to apply body wash without using coarse sponges that can irritate the skin. Hypoallergenic cosmetic grade closed cell foam gently stretches to fit your hand and will not flake or crumble with repeated use. The mitt can be rinsed and reused over and over.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative, and long term care settings. Primarily for adult and geriatric populations. Specifically described to be beneficial for individuals with arthritis.

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Foam Bath :: can be used with lotion, soap or body wash

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The velvety soft Foam Bath Mitt helps you apply lotions smoothly and evenly. Will not flake or crumble with repeated use.

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This alternate keyboard offers text-to-talk and accessibility for those who are unable to utilize a mouse pad.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting, specifically home or school settings, and by pediatric, adult or geriatric populaitons. Helpful for anyone who has difficulty using a standard keyboard.

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IntelliKeys USB Keyboard - Alternative Keyboards - Keyboards - Computer/Tablet Access

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Assistive Device for Patients with Parkinson's Disease

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Assistive Device for Patients with Parkinson's Disease

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Liftware was made to help compensate the tremor for allowing a patient to eat more normally.
This tool adjusts the utensil to oppose user tremor and provide stabilization.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where ADL of eating occurs, and is for adults and geriatric populations with Parkinson's Disease. Could also be used for other individuals with disorders that cause spastic movements or tremors.

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New Assistive Devices for those Living with Parkinson's Disease

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New Assistive Devices for those Living with Parkinson's DiseaseBy: Mary Sullivan, PTDid you know that your muscle movement is controlled by chemicals that originate in your brain? Dopamine helps control the movement of muscles throughout the entire body. It is created in the brain and without it any movement can be more difficult to impossible.

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A bedpan is a portable receptacle used for toileting a bedridden individual. Bedpans come in a variety of different models, including colors, material, and shapes. They can be made of glass, metal, ceramic, or plastic.

A fracture bedpan is similar in purpose to a regular bedpan; however, it is smaller and shallower in design with one flat end. These bedpans are specifically designed for individuals who have had a hip fracture or are recovering from hip surgery. It could also be used by patients who cannot raise their hips high enough to use a regular bed pan.

Areas of Practice: Bedpans can be commonly found in skilled nursing facilities, where they can be used by bedridden patients suffering temporary illness, injury, or surgery. They can also be used in hospitals, assisted living facilities, and in home care.

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Adaptive eating utensils with built up handles for ADL of feeding. Can also be used to assist individual who have difficulty feeding themselves with standard utensils.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings where feeding is involved with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Good for individuals with poor fine motor skills, grasp difficulties, post-stoke recovery, conditions such as arthritis, or other physical disabilities resulting in decreased use of hand.

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A variety of assistive technology that can be used in classroom setting to help students better access learning opportunities.

Areas of Practice: School setting, pediatric or adult populations. Helpful for individuals with a variety of impairments that interfere with academic learning.

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A beside commode helps to provide an extension of a bathroom commode in an individual's bedroom or other area in their environment. Bedside commodes are accessible and portable, allowing them to be brought to the individual themselves or into an room in one's environment. The individual only has only has to travel a shorter distance to use the toilet.

While commodes are portable, they have anti-slip tips on each of their legs to limit movement. Commodes come in a variety of different models, including varying weight capacities and widths as well as fixed or dropping arms. In addition, the height can be adjust to the individual.

In order to use a commode, an individual needs to be able to either transfer themselves with or without assistance. It can replace the need to travel to a bathroom to use the toilet, since it can be used at an individual's beside. A commode can be used for individuals who need to remain in bed for a majority of time. It can also be used if an individual is weak and unsteady or at risk for falling.

Areas of Practice: A commode can be used in a variety of settings, including the home, hospital, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities.

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This video gives a variety of examples of adaptive eating devices used for individuals with dysphasia. This includes: nonstick cutting boards, handgrips, plate guards, adaptive plates,

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings where IADL of cooking or ADL of eating occurs, and depending on the item can be used with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. These adaptive
devices can be helpful for individuals who have a variety of impairments that interfere with eating such as muscle weakness from neurological disease or stroke, vision problems, or loss of arm or hand.

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The Walking Assist Device features a function to influence the user to achieve efficient walking based on the inverted pendulum model, which is a theory of bipedal walking, and is designed as a device to be used in the training of walking.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all areas of practice with adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for someone who has impaired ability to ambulate but is able to stand independently.

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Honda Worldwide | Walking Assist | Introduction

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The Honda Worldwide Walking Assist Site: Technological details and of Honda's Walking Assist technology

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If a client have a bad back, bad hips, bad legs, or are just really unflexible, socks are pretty tough to get on and off.  This sock-aid will help seniors or those in need of assistance put their socks on and take them off easily without having to bend over. The shoe horn sock aid uses a unique and innovative design that makes putting on your socks super easy and not as clumsy as similar products on the market.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative, long term care settings, and even school and community settings if needed. Primarily for adult and geriatric populations as listed but pediatric shoe horns are available. Beneficial for someone with limited mobility such as someone with a balance impairment, decreased ROM, loss of UE use due to stroke.

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2 easy sock on & off helper aid - shoe horn dressing assistance

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2 Easy Sock On & Off Helper Aid - Shoe Horn Dressing Assistance only $13.95

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2 Easy Sock On & Off Helper Aid - Shoe Horn Dressing Assistance only $13.95.

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The dressing stick helps individuals complete all donning or doffing activities during ADL of dressing. Individual uses stick to guide clothing over the body.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative, long term care settings and could be used in community or school settings if brought with them. Could be used for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with limited mobility, physical disability or stroke resulting in one affected UE, individuals with limited ROM.

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The rollator is an 4-wheel assistive walking device that comes with both a seat and a basket. Allows client to walk independently with additional support.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all practice settings but especially helpful for home and community mobility. Primarily for adult and geriatric population. Helpful for someone with impaired ability to ambulate, or someone with impaired endurance who requires frequent breaks during ambulation.

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Freedom for mobility challenged with best walkers and rollators

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Life expectancy in the 21st century is quite different from the life expectancy in the 20th century. In the 21st century, people who would have died due to diseases are now surviving mainly because of better healthcare, healthy food and healthy lifestyle.

The increase of life expectancy is evident in the United States. The U.S. has an unprecedented number of older adults (65 years and above). Since January 1, 2011, and each and every day for the next 20 years, nearly 10,000 U.S. citizens will celebrate their 65th birthdays, this according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Despite the advancement of healthcare, better food and better lifestyle, older people (65 years old and above) still experience some form of functional decline.

Assistive Devices

Walking is one of the most important human activities. Sadly, for many older adults, they experience functional decline in the way they walk.

To cope with this functional decline, a number of assistive devices are available in the market. These include canes, crutches, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and walkers.

Walkers are basically made of a frame. Some frames have no wheels (also called standard walkers); some have two wheels; while others have three or four wheels (also known as rollators). The 4-wheel device has a built-in seat; while the 3-wheel device has no seat.

The rollator is the perfect assistive device for you if the following factors are present:

-You can walk by yourself but you just need additional support on both parts of your body.
-You continuously hold on to furniture and walls in your home for support.
-You have good arm and hand to hold and move the equipment.
-The 4-wheel device with a seat is ideal if you require frequent rest periods.

Benefits

Here are the advantages of using the rollator:

-It can support up to 50% of your body weight.
-It can provide stability when you walk.
-It reduces the risk of falls as it provides a wider base of support when you walk.
-It is easy to transport as it is height-adjustable.
-It is easy to operate. You simply hold on to the handle and push it to move forward.
-You can walk and be mobile again with this equipment.

"Successful aging is largely determined by individual lifestyle choices and not by genetic inheritance," this according to the CDC.

Regular physical activity such as walking with the rollator can prevent many diseases such as coronary heart disease, noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus and obesity.

How to Effectively Use this Equipment

When this equipment is not adjusted to its correct height, this may cause back, shoulder, elbow or wrist pain. To correct the height, do the following steps:

-Wear your most comfortable shoes.
-Allow your arm to hang loosely at your side.
-Request someone to measure the distance from the floor to your wrist and then adjust the height accordingly.
-Hold the handle of the rollator. The height is correct if you notice a 20 to 30-degree bend in your elbow.

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Why Choose a Rollator Over The Other Assistive Devices - Freedom for mobility challenged with best walkers and rollators

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Life expectancy in the 21st century is quite different from the life expectancy in the 20th century. In the 21st century, people who would have died due to diseases are now surviving mainly because of better healthcare, healthy food and healthy lifestyle. The increase of life expectancy is evident in the United States.

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The Bottom Buddy Toileting Aid is an extended, curved handle for holding toilet tissue. The soft, flexible head grips pre-moistened wipe or tissue securely. Soiled paper or wipes are released into the bowl with a push of the button located in the curved handle. The handle measures 11 inches long, weighs 4 oz. A convenient storage bag is included.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. The Bottom Buddy Toileting Aid is helpful for individuals who have impairments in ROM or balance, and may be good for someone who has had shoulder surgery or has arthritis.

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Bottom Buddy Toileting Aid :: personal hygiene handle

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Bottom Buddy Toileting aid is an extended handle for holding toilet tissue. Comfort grip handle designed for self cleansing for people with arthritis who have difficulty reaching. Soft, flexible head grips tissue securely, releases easily by sliding button.

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The Hands Free Hair Dryer Stand provides a static support for hairdryer devices during ADLs.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, rehabilitative and long term care settings. Can be used for pediatric (teens), adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with limited use of UEs, those recovering from shoulder surgery, or people with arthritic conditions.

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Hands Free Hair Dryer Stand :: hair dryer holder stand with flexible neck, stable base securely holds hand held hair dryer

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Hands Free Hair Dryer Stand securely holds hair dryer. Portable hair dryer holder stand with flexible neck adjusts to any angle. Fits most hand held hair dryers. Ideal for people with arthritis, upper extremity weakness, use of one hand.

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The utensil holder is designed to provide stable, and comfortable dining. The Beige polyester webbing holds most dining utensils, and the VELCRO BRAND hook and loop with D-ring is included for easy closure. The utensil is not included.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting involving feeding with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Primarily used for someone with limited functional ability in hands, difficulties in fine motor, strength, ROM, or individuals with arthritis or conditions resulting in spasticity in fingers.

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Patterson Medical Utensil Holder | Cheap And Best Utensil Holder

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Patterson Medical Universal Cuff Beige polyester webbing holds most dining utensils.

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The iEAT feeding robot improves the world of feeding supports.

The iEAT feeding robot can be set into automatic or semi-automatic mode. Using the automatic mode no activity made by hand(s) or finger(s) is needed.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where ADL of eating occurs with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. This electrically controlled feeding robot is suitable for people with none or limited arm, hand or finger function.

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Assistive Innovations - Feeding supports

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Assistive Innovations developed an unique feeding robot. The i EAT feeding robot improves the world of feeding supports. This electrically controlled feeding robot is suitable for people with none or limited arm, hand or finger function.

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The No Slip Hi Low Scoopy Scoop Dishes are round plastic plates available in high contrast colors, and can choose from bright yellow, blue, red or ivory. The plates measure 8 inches in diameter and are made of durable plastic and are not recommended for heating food in a microwave. For cleaning, plates can be washed in the top shelf of domestic dishwashers.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where ADL of eating occurs with pediatric, adult or geriatric populations. The bright colored background is great for people with decreased vision to easily see light colored foods. People with arthritis will find the raised rounded back edge curves inward which helps make scooping their food easier by pushing the food onto their eating utensil.

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No Slip Hi Low Scoopy Scoop Dishes : arthritis dishes

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No Slip Hi Low Scoopy Scoop Dishes arthritis dishes are designed to help users feed themselves. Adapted dishes for arthritis have raised curved edge that helps scoop food onto utensils. Round plastic scoop dishes have non-slip rubber padded bottom.

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This device easily squeeze tubes of lotion, ointments, medications and other household products.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative and long term care settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with impairments in UEs or manual dexterity. Specifically made for individuals with conditions such as arthritis.

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Easy Out Tube Squeezer :: helps squeeze tubes flat

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Easy Out Tube Squeezer helps people with arthritis squeeze tubes flat from the bottom up. Package of 2 tube squeezers allows last drop to be squeezed from tubes of toothpastes, medications. People with arthritic hands will find tube squeeze aid helpful.

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The Body Care Long Handle Combs allow them to independently comb their hair, making it soft and free of tangles. The curved extended handle allows the user to reach the back or top of their head without putting undue stress on their hand, arm, or shoulder. The grip is a non-slip material that is easy for users with arthritic hands or limited hand grip to grasp.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative and long term care settings for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with limited reach to assist persons who have difficulty using a standard hair comb. Long combs with oval shaped handles are comfortable for arthritic hands.

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Body Care Long Handle Combs : ergonomically designed hair combs

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Body Care Long Handle Comb is a helpful grooming aid for people with arthritis. Long Handle comb extends users reach to independently comb hair. Long handle hair comb is a helpful grooming aid for arthritic hands or rheumatoid arthritis.

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The Ergo Writer is an easy to use writing aid designed by an occupational therapist. This adapted writing tool comfortably and correctly positions the thumb for writing.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting and was designed for adults or geriatric populations. Created for individuals with arthritis to alleviate the pain of writing.

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Ergo Writer : helps arthritic hands write easier

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The Ergo Writer is designed to alleviate the pain of writing associated with arthritis and painful fingers. Comfortably and correctly positions the thumb to reduce stress placed on the wrist.

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The Multi-Purpose Food Preparation Board acts as a stable cutting board that has a removable lid with 4 food spikes to keep items stationary for cutting as well as interchangeable fine grader, slicer and bowl. It's unique non-slip design allows individuals to peel, slice, grate and prepare foods.

Areas of Practice: Primarily for home settings for adults, but could be used in any setting where preparing food was needed or with pediatric (teen) or geriatric populations as well. Ideal for individuals with functional use of one UE, or those with decreased strength or poor motor control in hands, to increase their independence in the kitchen. Also be assists users with chronic conditions such as arthritis.

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Multi-Purpose Food Preparation Board :: adapted cutting board for preparing food

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Multi-Purpose Food Preparation Board helps people with weak hands, arthritis to prepare food. Adapted cutting board with food spikes, stainless steel bowls for slicing, grating, cutting, peeling food helps increase independence.

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Carking fork that keeps hand in a natural stress free position.

Areas of Practice: Primarily for home settings for adults and geriatric populations. Ideal for individuals with decreased strength, decreased ROM, or poor motor control in hands. Also can assists users with chronic conditions such as arthritis.

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Easi Grip Carving Fork :: aids in holding food while cutting

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The Easi-Grip Carving Fork has a firm comfortable handle. The stainless steel tool is set at 90 degrees from the handle, keeping the hand and wrist in a neutral stress free position. Supremely comfortable for everyone to use.

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The Enablers EZ Key Turner by Apex is a key holder These enlarged key toppers are designed to triple the leverage, allowing a person to open hard to turn locks with less effort.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where unlocking a door needs to occur, and is primarily for adult and geriatric populations. Specifically designed for individuals with limited hand strength or grasping ability, such as individuals with arthritis.

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Enablers EZ Key Turners by Apex : large gripping surface increases leverage

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EZ Key Turners by Apex increase leverage for turning a key. People with arthritis will find these key turners help to turn locks with less effort. EZ Key Turner colors aid in key identification. Key turners enable arthritic hands to turn keys.

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Great Grips Two Lever Doorknob Grippers by Stander

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Great Grips Two Lever Doorknob Grippers by Stander

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These soft and comfortable door knob grippers feature two small levers that make and turning a round door knob unbelievably easy. Open a door with just the touch of a finger, a closed fist, or an elbow.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting, primarily by adult and geriatric populations, but could also be used by pediatric populations. Specifically created to provide extra gripping power for individuals with arthritis or other hand conditions that cause grip weakness.

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Great Grips Two Lever Grippers by Stander improve grasp on doorknob

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Great Grips Two Lever Doorknob Grippers improve grasping and turning round doorknobs. Door knob grip makes it easy to turn door knob with arthritic hands, closed fist, elbow, or single finger. Provide extra leverage and grip for people with arthritis.

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The Enablers Lamp Switch Enlarger by Apex is adapted turning aid for lamp switches that enlarges the diameter of the lamp switch.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting by any population. Specifically designed for individuals with arthritic hands, but could be used for anyone who has difficulty grasping and turning small lamp switches due to decreased manual dexterity.

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Enablers Lamp Switch Enlarger by Apex : easy grip large knob adapter

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Enablers Lamp Switch Enlarger by Apex fits over the existing lamp switch to provide an easy grip surface for people with arthritic hands.

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Mixing bowl that tilts to one side to pour out contents easily allowing task to be completed with one extremity. Bowl is stabilized so that mixing can be done with one extremity, and easily tilted so that contents can be transferred with one extremity easily.

Areas of Practice: Primarily for home setting although could be used in any setting where cooking occurs. Could be used for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals who have use of one UE, such as stroke patients, or with individuals who have limited functional ability of one UE.

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Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities

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Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities

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This manual is useful for education on sexual intercourse for individuals with disabilities. This article makes information easily accessible. Research, clinical expertise, and products can be found within the article.

Areas of Practice: Can be helpful for pediatric (teen only), adult and geriatric populations in home settings. Useful for individuals with a variety of disabilities.

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The Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities includes research, clinical expertise and product information. It is intended for health care professionals and their clients with various disabilities.

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Velcro shoe laces for easy donning and doffing during the ADL of dressing putting on shoes.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with all populations. Can assist individuals who may have trouble with fine motor control or decreased ability to learn sequencing steps to complete shoe tying.

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Nike has expanded its shoe line with a brand specifically designed for individual with disabilities. The brand FLYEASE was created in response to a letter from Matthew Walzer, a 16-year-old boy, with cerebral palsy.

The FLYEASE system relies a wrap-around zipper to secure the shoe, removing the need for tying laces, as well as dons and doffs with ease. The brand has an ingenious design, which has the appearance of regular shoes. In other words, these individuals do not need to feel self-conscious about about wearing them and get to feel a sense of independence using them.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with pediatric, adult and even geriatric populations. It is appropriate for individual who require a little assistance with donning and doffing shoes. Helpful for someone with limited fine motor skills or impairment in cognitive ability to sequence steps to tie shoes.

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Assistive Technology for Hearing Impairment

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Assistive Technology for Hearing Impairment

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An extensive comparison between assistive technology products for individuals with hearing impairments.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with all ages among individuals with impairments in hearing.

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The aluminum frame and plastic handle and jaw ensure that it is not only lightweight but sturdy as well. It has a magnetic tip for picking up light metal objects like screws or paper clips.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative and long term care settings. Can be used for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with limited mobility due to decreased ROM, strength, endurance, individuals who do not have use or full use of their LEs.

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Button Hook is designed to help make buttoning clothes easier. The built-up handle features flexible ribbing that adapts to virtually any grip. The slim and durable wire loop pulls the button through the buttonhole smoothly with just one hand. It can be used to button shirts or blouses, cufflinks or even pants. It's slim enough for children to hold as well, granting independence to whoever needs the extra grip while buttoning something. The compact size of this button hook zipper pull makes it easy to pack, so you can toss it into a bag or suitcase while traveling without losing much space.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative and long term care settings. Can be used with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Ideal for people with limited dexterity/fine motor in their hands and fingers, or someone who only has use of one UE.

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The visual calculator is an app that help clients to make counting change as easy as pressing a button. With each tap you can count how many of each coin or bill you have and see their total worth.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in settings with adult and geriatric populations as long as they have a cell phone that can download apps. Helpful for individuals with learning or cognitive disabilities, as well as individuals with impairments in memory.

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This assistive device helps  to load in several days' worth of medicine and provides the manufacturer of the dispenser with the patient's medication schedule, and the machine is coded to deliver the right amount at the right time.

Areas of practice: This device can be used at home and group home settings.  It also can be used for young adults and geriatric population.  It is helpful for individuals who have impaired short-term memory.

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Technology to help seniors age in place has gone far beyond grab bars and fall-alert buttons worn around the neck. Today, there's a host of sophisticated products on the market, from medication dispensers that can report to a family member when their loved one forgets to take a pill to shoes embedded with GPS trackers to find cognitively impaired wanderers.

The best choices for seniors who want to stay at home depend on their medical condition, budget and personal preferences, says Marnie Renda, an occupational therapist and certified aging-in-place specialist in Cincinnati. The goal should be to make the technology fit the lifestyle, not the other way around.

"You find out what their daily routines are and what their preferences are, and put technology in to support what they're already doing," Renda says.

4 products to consider

Personal emergency response systems, or PERS: The old models featuring a button attached to a pendant or connected to a telephone for summoning help aren't much help if the user is too forgetful or incapacitated to press the button.

"What companies have seen over time with the basic push-button phone or pendant is that people often feel uncomfortable calling," says Susan Garland, editor of Kiplinger's Retirement Report, which ran an article about assistive technologies in its July 2012 issue.

New PERS models not only trigger an automatic response, they also can detect the difference between a fall and someone stooping down to pick something up, Garland says. As Renda describes them, these new devices are worn as chest straps under clothing, similar to a heart monitor.

Monthly subscriptions for basic PERS devices start at around $30, according to Julie Menack, a care manager and certified aging-in-place specialist in Oakland, Calif., who also sells assistive technology. The Kiplinger article features a model with an automatic alert that costs $49 a month.

Medication dispensers: Taking prescribed medicine in a timely manner goes a long way toward helping seniors maintain their independence. "Some research shows that 20 (percent) to 30 percent of people who end up in nursing homes do so because they couldn't manage their medication," Renda says.

One of the latest medication management tools is a countertop dispenser that's about the size of a blender, Garland says. A caregiver loads in several days' worth of medicine and provides the manufacturer of the dispenser with the patient's medication schedule, and the machine is coded to deliver the right amount at the right time. Monthly rental and monitoring fees run from $59 to $75, according to Garland.

Some models can be locked to prevent someone with dementia or simple forgetfulness from taking the wrong medicine, and some notify a caregiver by phone, email or text if a dosage is missed, Renda says.

Motion sensors: Motion-detection monitoring systems are especially handy for remote caregivers, Garland says. These systems rely on floor mats and bed mats wired to pick up changes in the user's normal activity.

"You use the person's habits to set up a baseline of what his or her style of living is, so the computers on the sensor know when that refrigerator door should open for breakfast or lunch," Garland says.

These types of monitors generally run from about $200 to several thousand dollars to purchase, plus a monthly fee of $70 to upward of $200, Menack says.

Enhanced telephones: Telephones with very large buttons and room to display photographs of contacts on speed dial can be lifesavers for people with visual and cognitive impairment, Menack says. Special phones with enhanced sound help those with hearing loss. Menack notes that some cellphones on the market enable callers to access an operator instead of dialing the numbers themselves.

Prices for picture phones start at about $80, while the cost of an amplified land line can range from $30 to $300, according to Menack. Cellphones with enhanced sound and special services are in the $50 to $300 range. She notes that some state agencies may offer free enhanced phones to those with a doctor's prescription.

The learning curve

Proper installation and training are essential to making assistive technology easy to use, Menack says.

"Every product has a learning curve," she says. "If the person the product is meant for isn't that tech-savvy, there has to be someone who is going to see it through and make sure that it's working."

Adds Renda: "The key to getting people to accept technology is making sure you have the right product. You have to make sure their vision is appropriate so that they can actually see the product and can use it. If the technology demands too much from them, they're not going to be able to use it."

Help with financing

No single private insurance plan or public program pays for all types of assistive technology. Medicare Part B pays for up to 80 percent of the cost of what it calls "durable medical equipment" -- or devices needed for recovery from an injury or illness -- but not for products meant for long-term use. The Department of Veterans Affairs offers more extensive financial assistance for veterans needing assistive technology.

Most states provide Medicaid Waiver reimbursement for personal emergency response systems, while a smaller number cover medication management and health monitoring systems, according to a 2011 study by the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies.

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This assistive device identified all current US dollar bills.

Areas of Practice: Helpful for community and home settings among adult and geriatric populations. This is a great resource for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

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Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with all ages among individuals with impairments in hearing.

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There is no disputing that hearing aids are essential devices for millions of Americans. But what happens if hearing aids just aren't enough?

There are a variety of assistive listening
devices available to hearing aid wearers.
Talk with your hearing professional to
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Some situations, such as those with an abundance of ambient noise, require an extra boost. Restaurants, large classroom settings or simply places with poor acoustics can quickly expose the shortcomings of hearing aids; that is where assistive listening devices, or ALDs, come in. ALDs are essentially amplifiers that bring sound closer to the ear. They not only improve the speech to noise ratio, but they can also separate the noise you actually want to hear from the unwanted background noise while improving a hearing aid user's listening experience.

In general, people with hearing loss require a volume increase of about 15 to 25 decibels in order to achieve a "normal" hearing level. An ALD allows the volume increase to happen without disturbing others in the vicinity. The great thing is that most devices can be used in conjunction with a hearing aid or alone for those needing a slight boost in amplification.

The wide variety of ALDs on the market today, all of which have their distinct advantages in different situations, help to round out the hearing aid experience and make hearing aids even more effective. There are many different ALDs on the market, but here are five in particular which are the most popular.

A personal amplifier is basically a small box with a mic and a listening cord attached to it, most useful for one-on-one, in person conversations. It allows the person you are speaking with to attach the mic to their clothing so you can plug it into your personal amplifier and hear more clearly. This cuts out most of the background noise. One advantage to personal amplifiers is that they are relatively inexpensive, only around $200. The disadvantage is that since you are connected to speaker with a wire, personal amplifiers are not useful for situations that require you to move around a lot. Situations that require mobility or hearing from a distance, e.g. concerts or the theater, require a more flexible system.

If you are looking for an ALD that allows for more mobility in addition to hearing more distant sounds, an FM system might be the way to go. An FM system uses radio broadcast technology to bring the sound you want to hear directly to your ears. With this wireless system, the user wears a portable receiver that allows them to hear the speaker. The speaker, in turn, wears a microphone transmitter that allows the listener to hear from up to 150 feet away. Ideal for classroom settings or outside activities, an FM system allows you to move around at will and still hear clearly from a distance. The only downside is that you pay for the added flexibility, with FM systems costing about $700 on average.

A high-tech option that affords maximum privacy, infrared systems are like FM systems except that instead of radio waves they transmit sounds using light waves. Since the light waves do not pass through walls, they are useful for situations in which privacy is needed such as doctors' offices and court proceedings, etc. Though they are often used for watching TV or in theaters, they have one major disadvantage: any object or person that comes between the listener and the emitter causes the signal to be blocked. Sunlight can also wreak havoc on the signal, making these systems useful for specific situations but in most cases not as versatile as FM systems.

Induction loop systems

Those with t-coils in their hearing aids have another option: an induction loop system, which uses an electromagnetic field to carry the sound to the user's ears. In this system a loop of insulated wire, which can range from a small loop worn around the neck to a loop that encircles an entire room, is connected to a power source, an amplifier and a microphone. Loop systems are inexpensive as well as versatile, useful for a single t-coil hearing aid user or a group. Mobility is not an issue, as the user is not physically connected to the system; even non hearing aid users can use the loop system with headphones or a receiver system.

Bluetooth technology is the latest innovation to take off among hearing aid users. Although Bluetooth hearing aids are not yet available, the technology allows two devices such as a cell phone or computer, for example, and a wireless hearing aid with a compatible streamer to talk to each other. The range is limited, somewhere around 20 feet, but the lack of interference and secure connection of this convenient hands free technology outweighs any negatives. In addition, the use of one streamer can allow the user to switch back and forth among multiple devices, from cell phones to tablets to iPods.

If you feel your hearing aids could use a boost in certain situations, whether at the theater, in the classroom or just watching TV, talk to your hearing care provider; he can help you decide which ALD is right for your lifestyle.

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A slant board provides a flat surface at an angle, which helps to place your wrist into a natural position in an optimal position for handwriting.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Used a lot with pediatric populations.
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A removable toilet seat device that can be placed over the toilet. There a number of different designs and styles for raised toilet seats. For instance, some raised toilet seats have handle bars and floats above the toilet, and other raised toilet seats do not have handle bars and simply rest on top of the toilet. It provides a safe alternative that it allows the individual to retain their sense of independence.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting with pediatric, adult or geriatric populations. Can be used for individuals with impairments in balance, strength, and individuals who have difficulty transferring to toilet. Also can be used following hip replacement surgery as a safety precaution to prevent injury or dislocation of the hip. It helps to protect the area and allows individual to keep to their posterior hip precaution.

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The tool-free removable padded arms allows this product to be used in a wide range or different bathroom configurations, and makes storage of this item easy. The heavy-duty molded plastic construction ensures adequate strength and durability. A clamping mechanism locks safely and securely onto your toilet to prevent shifting of the seat while transferring to and from this product. The elevated seat and padded arms will help individuals who need a boost sitting down or standing up from the toilet. For consumers using a wheelchair tool free removable arms allow for easy transfer to and from the raised toilet seat.

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Assistive Technology for Individuals with Low Vision

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A client with low vision can use portable electronic devices that resemble an iPad or another lightweight tablet computer for reading any material, and a magnified view will appear on the LED screen.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting by pediatric, adult or geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with impairments in vision.

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High contrast cutting boards that can be used during the IADL of meal preparation.

Areas of Practice: Primarily used in home settings or in any setting where IAD of meal preparation occurs, among pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Specifically designed for individuals with contrast sensitivity or low vision.

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Assists with medication mgmt and sets reminders/alarms to take pills.

Areas of practice: This device can be used at home and group home settings.  It also can be used for young adults and geriatric population.  It is helpful for individuals who have impaired short-term memory.

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Stop worrying about missing your medication! Easily program the Med-Q with a loved one or your medication time. It will flash the corresponding day slot with a bright red light and blast an alarm that increases in volume until you take your pills.

Features:

Loud alarm increases for 5 minutes, stops and then repeats every 30 minutes until pills are taken

Bright, LED light flashes on the correct container to avoid medication mistakes

Program reminders for twice a day for one week or once a day for two weeks

14 removable compartments

Oversized buttons and large, digital display for easy programming

Oversized finger tabs for easy opening

Water resistant

Easy to read letters and braille marking

Each compartment can hold roughly 23 full sized aspirins

Low battery alert

Uses 2 AA batteries (not included)

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Stop worrying about missing your medication! Easily program the Med-Q with a loved one or your medication time. It will flash the corresponding day slot with a bright red light and blast an alarm that increases in volume until you take your pills.

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The Mobile shower chair is designed for use in the shower and also fits over most standard toilet bowls.
The Invacare Mariner Rehab Shower Commode Chair offers a lightweight aluminum frame and stainless steel hardware making it ideal for shower use. Flip-back padded arms, swing-away front riggings and a four-position padded seat aid in providing user comfort.

Areas of Practice: Can be used home, hospital, rehabilitative, and long term care settings. Primarily for adult and geriatric population with limited mobility, strength or balance impairment, but could also be used for stroke patients or pediatric population with physical disability.

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The AH attendant controlled electric power wheelchair allows a attendant or care giver to drive &  control the wheelchair while walking behind it as the patient or handicap individual is riding in the wheelchair.  Some handicap individuals simply do not have the ability to drive or control a power wheelchair themselves, that is why the AH attendant controlled electric power wheelchair is available.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Used for individuals with physical or other disability that requires use of a wheelchair for mobility.

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iWALK2.0 provide the opportunity to immediately get back to your routine. This device let client to do activities such as pushing a shopping cart, going up or down stairs, carrying a cup of coffee, and walking the dog, among others.

the iWalk Improve patients quality of care by giving them a functional, pain-free, hands-free recovery.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all practice settings but primarily helpful for home and community mobility. Primarily for adult population. Beneficial for someone who has one affected LE that impairs ability to ambulate.

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Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, long term care setting and community settings. Primarily for adults and geriatric population with a physical disability or impairment that results in decreased or lack of ability to ambulate. Helpful for individuals with SCI injuries who may only have use of UEs.

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Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals who need some support to walk independently due to temporary or chronic injury or diseases such cerebral palsy and MS.

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This assistive cutting board is non-slip, and has holes throughout the board where pegs can be placed to hold objects in place for cutting, opening, or preparing foods.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where IADL of meal preparation occurs, and can be used by pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helps clients to prepare simple meals independently who may only have functional use of one UE.

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A cuff with electrodes that are placed on the upper calf muscles. Drop foot stimulation helps with overcoming these syndromes by using electrical current to stimulation the muscle. As the user attempts to lift the foot, the heel sensor activates the electrical stimulation, which contracts the calf muscle to lift.It is a controlled neural prosthetic that improves walking.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings primarily with adult and geriatric populations. Used for individuals with drop foot, and is common among people living with MS or stroke survivors, drop foot syndrome is not a disease but a symptom of a condition.

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Electronic glasses that are sight enhancing through the use of a high definition camera that optimizes and enhances the image and presents it on the reverse side of the glasses on a screen. Allows the wearer to see an enhanced, clear image with high clarity and quality.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings by pediatric, adult and geriatric populations with visual impairments. Cannot assist individuals who are blind.

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Enables people with limited shoulder movement to reach all over the back. Curved ergonomic handle is easy for arthritic hands to hold. Washcloth can be removed for washing.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative, and long term care settings. Primarily for adults or geriatric population with arthritis, but could also be used for individuals with limited ROM or mobility.

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Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with all ages but was specifically designed for geriatric population with arthritis, may also help someone with decreased strength or grip.

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Assist with nail trimming. Prevent awkward twisting and painful handling while cutting your fingernails or toenails.Perfect for those with arthritis and limited dexterity.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in home, hospital, rehabilitative and long term care settings with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. Helpful for individuals with impairments in UEs or manual dexterity. Specifically made for individuals with conditions such as arthritis.

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Mini Ear Amplifier is a device designed to improve hearing by amplifying sound to the aural organ. This device uses advanced microprocessor technology for crystal clear reception while reducing background noise. It has volume controls and on / off.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings and was created specifically for geriatric population suffering with hearing loss.

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Child-friendly, hand-held video magnifier with high definition.
Video Mag HD combines a high-definition camera with a rugged, lightweight body to bring you crystal-clear images in a small package. It can magnify whatever appears under its auto-focus HD camera from 2x to 13x. This magnifier has a fold-away handle that has been ergonomically improved to fit the smaller hands of students.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings by pediatric, adult and geriatric populations with visual impairments.

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The SMART Brailler is a mechanical brailler with a built-in screen and speaker to provide immediate visual and audio feedback.
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Areas of Practice: School setting, pediatric or adult populations. Helpful for individuals with a variety of impairments that interfere with academic learning.

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This device assists to don and doff clothing without the need of assistance from other person.

Areas of Practice:  Can be used in all settings with pediatric, adult and even geriatric populations. It is appropriate for individual who require a little assistance with donning and doffing T-shirts. Helpful for someone with limited fine motor and gross motor skills or impairment in cognitive ability to sequence steps for UB dressing.

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This device give the child the ability to feed himself without the assistance of others. It allows him to have motor control and coordination.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in any setting where ADL of eating occurs with pediatric, adult and geriatric populations. This electrically controlled feeding robot is suitable for people with none or limited arm, hand or finger function.

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This communication device assists clients who are nonverbal to use their eyes to communicate.

Areas of Practice: School setting, pediatric or adult populations. Helpful for individuals with a variety of impairments that interfere with communication and academic learning.

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A plastic urinal bottle is a portable devices, which allows males patients who cannot be ambulated or transferred to a commode or toilet to urinate without the need for a brief. There are a variety of different designs, ranging from lightweight plastic, spill-proof, and odor-free materials.

Areas of Practice: It is common to see a plastic urinal bottle in skilled nursing facilities, where they can be used on male residents who are unable to ambulate or transfer to a commode or toilet. These residents could have a progressive neurodegenerative disease, like ALS, or paralysis of their limbs.

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Areas of Practice: Can be used in an setting, but mostly at home, skilled nursing facilities, or assisted living. Helpful for individuals with limited ROM. arthritic conditions, or pain in UE.

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Sort, seal, and separate pills into simple-to-take doses. This travel pill organizer dispenses medications into convenient baggies and the sealer easily closes them for travel anywhere.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in long term care, assisted living, SNFs and home care.  This machine can be used for individuals that may travel often and can't carry around bottles of medication. It can also be used for individuals with memory impairments such as TBI, Alzheimer's, and stroke.

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This innovative app combines an electronic dollar over method with a customizable talking timer, task and shopping list as well a quick talk AAC section.  After loading  money virtually into your electronic wallet to match the money in your real wallet, just enter the amount you owe and the app visually displays which bills to give the cashier.

The basic skills the user will need in order to operate this app are:

1. The ability to match numbers

2. The ability to match a picture of a note with an actual note

Areas of Practice: Can be used in settings such as adult and geriatric populations as long as they have a cell phone that can download apps. Helpful for individuals with learning or cognitive disabilities, as well as individuals with impairments in memory.

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Easy Pay iPhone App
This innovative app combines an electronic dollar over method with a customizable talking timer, task and shopping list as well a quick talk AAC section. After loading money virtually into your electronic wallet to match the money in your real wallet, just enter the amount you owe and the app visually displays which bills to give the cashier.
Pay With iPhone App
Pay With is a visual support to help people to select the correct note or combination of notes when shopping.

The basic skills the user will need in order to operate this app are:

1. The ability to match numbers

2. The ability to match a picture of a note with an actual note

Budget iPhone App
Budget helps you track your spending and keep to a budget. You can easily see your total income and your total expenses for a period, plus which expenses you are spending the most on and which expenses you are going over budget on.

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Easy Pay iPhone App This innovative app combines an electronic dollar over method with a customizable talking timer, task and shopping list as well a quick talk AAC section. After loading money virtually into your electronic wallet to match the money in your real wallet, just enter the amount you owe and the app visually displays which bills to give the cashier.

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This device can be attached to jar lids to give you a better grip.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all settings with all ages but was specifically designed for geriatric population with arthritis, may also help someone with decreased strength or grip.

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Rheumatoid arthritis can be a painful and debilitating disease, one that makes your regular routine difficult because it affects your joints, along with other areas of your body. But assistive devices can help you get through your day with less pain.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Changing Dynamics
When should you consider using assistive devices? "It depends on the task and the stage of the disease," says Marie-Jose Benjamin, an occupational therapist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Early in the disease, things are not stressful. Later, when there are joint changes, people notice more problems."

For people with rheumatoid arthritis, Benjamin says that the most difficult activities are those that involve resistance, weight, or pressure on the joints. "What problems you might have will also depend on if you are having flare-ups at the time."

There are many aids, as well as changes you can make in how you move, to make it easier to accomplish daily tasks.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Assistive Devices in the Kitchen
There are many tools and devices that can help make cooking easier. Benjamin says to look for objects that give you a better grip. "Opening jars, lifting, reaching, and pulling can be difficult," he says. "You want any kind of power tool that can open jars or cut vegetables and bread." Some choices:

Small appliances. A food processor and electric jar or can opener can make short work of chopping, grating, and assembling ingredients during food preparation.

Manual jar-opening devices. If you need to be mindful of expenses, any device that can be attached to jar lids to give you a better grip will be an affordable solution.

Handles and knobs. Replace small knobs on cabinets and drawers with larger handles that are easier to grip.

Stepstools. These can help you reach higher-up items without too much effort. Choose a stepstool that is well-balanced and lightweight so you can move it around easily.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Assistive Devices in the Bathroom
"In the bathroom, you want to make bending and standing easier. Maybe a bar to help you get in and out of the tub, and for the toilet, an arm rest near the toilet," Benjamin says.

After installing bars and railings, small changes in other products you use can make a big difference, too:

Look for easy-to-open medicine bottles and toiletries. Replace kid-safe lids that can cause trouble for stiff joints. Some manufacturers now are offering packaging geared to people with arthritis.

Go electric. Electric toothbrushes can help keep your teeth and gums healthy without hurting your hand and wrist. And electric razors can make grooming easier.

Sit down. Benjamin says fatigue is a big issue for people with rheumatoid arthritis, and since grooming activities take time, they can take a toll. A bathtub stool or a stool near the sink can give you a place to rest, should you get tired while washing your face, shaving, or showering.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Everyday Living
Devices and small adjustments can make every activity more joint-friendly:

Getting dressed. No need to throw out your favorite blouses, shirts, or pants because you're having trouble fastening them. You can buy buttoning aids and zipper pulls to help you get dressed. Or, see if you can find clothing that has Velcro fasteners. To get your shoes on, try a long-handled shoehorn.

In the car. Turning a small key to start your car can be difficult on your hand. You can get wide key holders to make it easier for you to maneuver. Some new cars are being sold with a keyless starter.

At work. Ask if you can get a hands-free headset for phone use and a chair and workstation that have adjustable heights.

In the garden. Look for a kneeler or portable gardening chair and lightweight hoses at your local garden shop.

Cleaning up. Buy a duster with a telescopic handle to reach down the length of chair legs and up to ceiling fans, and a vacuum that you don't need to push.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Better Body Mechanics
You can help yourself the most by learning to move in easier ways. Before you start household chores, walk around first so you can get limber. Be conscious of how you bend, reach, and kneel:

Protect your back. Before you reach for that laundry basket on the floor, consider how you are bending. Bend only from the knees, not from the waist. To straighten up, bend your knees a little, and make sure your back is arched. When you're standing for long periods, keep one foot on an elevated surface, like a low stepstool - this takes the pressure off your back. When taking laundry out of the dryer, if you're reaching with your right arm, kick back your left leg. If you're reaching with your left arm, kick back with your right leg.

Don't stretch to reach. Bring the object to you, either by standing on a step stool or using poles and wands with extended handles. The point is to keep your arms close so that you don't strain your shoulders.

Kneel correctly. Don't kneel on both knees simultaneously; kneel on one, then switch often. This will spread out the pressure more. Also, wear knee pads or cushion your knees with a pillow or article of clothing.

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Finding Resources
Studies have shown that people who seek out the help of an occupational therapist do better with daily chores than those who do not.

The Internet can also help you find the products that you need, Benjamin says, adding that Arthritis.org has a list of the products that have been rated "easy to use" by a team of researchers.

Talk to other people with rheumatoid arthritis and ask what products they like. "Do some research to make sure that you're getting something that will work for you," Benjamin advises. "The most important thing is that people with rheumatoid arthritis learn how to manage themselves because it's a lifelong disease. As it changes over time, you'll be able to adjust on your own."

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Assistive Devices for Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis can be a painful and debilitating disease, one that makes your regular routine difficult because it affects your joints, along with other areas of your body. But assistive devices can help you get through your day with less pain. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Changing Dynamics When should you consider using assistive devices?

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This devices was developed for assisting with movement while promoting stability or when difficulty holding themselves in an upright position.

Areas of Practice: Can be used in all practice settings but especially helpful for home and community mobility. Primarily pediatric population. Helpful for individuals with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy who may have poor balance and be extremely unsteady when they walk, due to the muscles weakness.

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Like most disabilities, individuals with Cerebral Palsy (CP) have different needs and abilities. While one individual may need a device to help with communicating, another may need special writing tools designed specifically for people with muscle strength problems.

According to United Cerebral Palsy, Assistive Technology (AT) often plays a vital role in the lives of people with disabilities. AT is any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. AT has allowed accessibility for everyone. No one, regardless of their abilities, should be left feeling like they have no independence or confidence. Modern technology offers a plethora of products to assist individuals with CP on a daily basis.

There are four classifications of Cerebral Palsy. Each classification pertains to how the muscles in the body are affected. For example, individuals with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy may have very poor balance and be extremely unsteady when they walk, due to the muscles being too weak.

Depending on the type of Cerebral Palsy, the needs of AT may differ greatly. There are numerous AT products on the market available to individuals with CP.
Here are 10 assistive technology/accessibility product for individuals with Cerebral Palsy.
1. Wheelchairs

An individual with spastic CP may have difficulty in walking because of the tight muscles in the hips and legs. When both legs are affected (spastic diplegia), a wheelchair is a popular device for mobility and accessibility. At Convaid, there are a variety of wheelchairs specially designed for individuals with CP. For example, their chair with 30-fixed tilt, headrest, and h-harness are suited for someone with weak trunk muscles, and needs assistance to sit upright.

2. Adaptive Tricycle (for therapeutic cycling)

According to makers of an adaptive tricycle, therapeutic cycling can improve respiration, swallowing and the development of head and trunk control while strengthening anti-gravity muscles, improving eye-hand coordination and self-esteem.

3. Stool Scooters and Standing Equipment

Depending on your child's life stage and ability, there are products developed for assisting with movement while promoting stability or when difficulty holding themselves in an upright position.

4. Stair Glides/Elevators and Mechanical Lifts

Stair glides and elevators are important devices to have in a home, work or school setting where there may be multiple levels. An individual with CP is often unable to walk or climb stairs with ease. With the use of a glide or elevator, an individual can travel up and down the stairs with independence, safety and ease. A mechanical lift is often helpful for transporting an individual with CP into the bathtub, wheelchair or bed.

5. Car Seats

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there are different regulations to follow when traveling with your special needs child. Depending on their disability, you may need an adaptive car seat. It is important to never adapt a car seat on your own.

6. Adapted Vehicles

Depending on the transportation needs of you and/or your child, an adapted vehicle may be an easier and much safer transportation option. For more information on Adapting Motor Vehicles for People With Disabilities, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

7. Communication Devices

Some individuals with CP have speech problems and are not able to speak due to the muscle spasms in their mouth, throat and tongue. Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) devices allow individuals the ability to communicate in different ways, specialized to their needs, such as signs, letters, pictures, and even a voice.

8. Adaptive Art Supplies

Art can be an effective and powerful form of expression, especially when a child feels limited by a disability. Because there is no right or wrong way to "do art", individuals with CP may feel confident. Bright Hub Education suggests some excellent ways to make the process of making art more accessible. For example, a child with spastic CP may find it easier to use large markers or paint brushes, as they are easier to grip.

9. Commode and Bath Chairs

The ability to use the toilet may be very empowering for an individual with CP, however, there may need to be modifications made in order to remain safe and hygienic. Bath chairs are also helpful in providing a safe and stress-free bathing experience.

There are numerous devices to aid a student with CP in writing. For example, the Steady Write Writing Instrument is designed to improve the handwriting of individuals with shaky handwriting due to involuntary movements.

Improve Life with Accessibility products and assistive technology

Whether you are looking for ways to modify your home to make it wheelchair accessible or looking for products to make daily bath time a little bit easier, there are numerous helpful accessibility products available for individuals with CP. If you know of a product that can help individuals with cerebral palsy please share it in the comment section below.

About the Author
Adrienne Domeier is an avid blogger and freelance writer. She writes primarily in the health, social sciences, and legal fields. She strives to provide relevant and informative content to her readers. You can find her on Google+

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